What salt tastes the best? Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs and more
What it is
The Explosions&Fire channel taste-tests the chloride salts of the alkali metals (lithium through cesium), plus some alkaline earth metals and ammonium. The presenter describes the flavors, and the results are more pleasant than expected.
Why Hacker News recommends it
It gets linked in threads about salt and taste as a quirky, memorable curiosity.
- 1 people recommended it
- 1 different months
- 0 strong recommendations
- first 2019, last 2024
What HN commenters said
“One of my favorite random youtube videos”
Tasting lithium to cesium chloride salts
kadoban, 2023-09 · Recommendation · in “Salt Taste Is Surprisingly Mysterious”
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Topics: alkali metals, taste test, salts, chemistry, cesium
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